Eric Fromm (born June 27, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Tennis career

Fromm's best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the fourth round of the French Open in 1983 in singles, where he lost in straight sets to world No. 1 in the world Jimmy Connors and the semifinals of the 1984 French Open doubles with Shlomo Glickstein of Israel, where they lost in five sets to Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte. Fromm's career highlights include a top 50 ranking in singles and top 30 ranking in doubles as well as wins over Yannick Noah at Wimbledon and Pat Cash at the US Open. He retired from the pro tour in 1986 and was inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2016.

After pro tennis

Fromm completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. He joined SPORTIME in 2002 as managing partner of SPORTIME Harbor Island in Mamaroneck, New York and was promoted to the executive management team of SPORTIME in 2007. He became general manager and director of Tennis of the historic Orange Lawn Tennis Club in 2018.

Fromm raised his family in Chappaqua, New York with his wife Lori. Fromm has three children, a son Daniel, and two daughters, Carly and Alana. Fromm and his wife reside in New Rochelle, New York.

Career finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 1982Stowe, U.S.HardUnited States Jay Lapidus4–6, 2–6

Doubles (9 runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 1980Brussels, BelgiumClayUnited States Cary LeedsUnited States Steve Krulevitz Belgium Thierry Stevaux3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2Oct 1980Tel Aviv, IsraelHardUnited States Cary LeedsSweden Per Hjertquist United States Steve Krulevitz6–7, 3–6
Loss0–3May 1981Munich, West GermanyClayIsrael Shlomo GlicksteinAustralia David Carter Australia Paul Kronk3–6, 4–6
Loss0–4Feb 1982Caracas, VenezuelaHardUnited States Cary LeedsUnited States Steve Meister United States Craig Wittus7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Loss0–5Aug 1982North Conway, U.S.ClayPeru Pablo ArrayaUnited States Sherwood Stewart United States Ferdi Taygan2–6, 6–7
Loss0–6Aug 1982Stowe, U.S.HardUnited States Mike FishbachUnited States Andy Andrews United States John Sadri3–6, 4–6
Loss0–7Apr 1983Tampa, U.S.CarpetUnited States Drew GitlinUnited States Tony Giammalva United States Steve Meister6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Loss0–8Jul 1983North Conway, U.S.ClayUnited States Drew GitlinAustralia Mark Edmondson United States Sherwood Stewart6–7, 1–6
Loss0–9May 1984Munich, West GermanyClayRomania Florin SegărceanuWest Germany Boris Becker Poland Wojciech Fibak4–6, 6–4, 1–6

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